curadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish curad, from Old Irish caur (“warrior, hero”).

Noun

curadh m (genitive singular curaidh, nominative plural curaidh)

1. warrior, hero

   Synonym: laoch

2. champion

   Synonym: seaimpín

Declension

Declension of curadh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative curadh curaidh vocative a churaidh a churadha genitive curaidh curadh dative curadh curaidh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an curadh na curaidh genitive an churaidh na gcuradh dative leis an gcuradh don churadh leis na curaidh

Mutation

Mutated forms of curadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
curadh	churadh	gcuradh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “curadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “curadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “curadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025